Senate roll call 168 · 44th Congress · Jun 1, 1876
To adjourn because of lack of quorum. (p. 3454-1)
On Jun 1, 1876, the Senate voted 17–23. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–9, Democrats 5–14, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 44th Congress (1875–1876), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jun 1, 1876
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 9 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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